Norwich, VT FBI UCR crime rates and PlainCrime safety grade
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Norwich, VT shows violent crime at 0 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 0 per 100,000. PlainCrime assigns grade A+ from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A+ safety grade
0/100K violent
0/100K property
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Norwich, VT
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Norwich reported 0 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,653. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 88.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024 (-100.0%). The highest observed value was 88.0 in 2020 and the lowest 0.0 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Norwich reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Vermont cities
At 0.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Norwich ranks 47 of 53 — above 0 of the 52 other Vermont cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -100.0% against the cohort median of 158.3. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
Norwich's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Vermont cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Norwich's 0.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Castleton (0.0), Fairlee (0.0), Killington (0.0), Ludlow (0.0). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Property counts dominate Norwich's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 0 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,653. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Norwich's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 1.5 Census sq mi, Norwich logged 0 property and 0 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (1.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-100%
54.6 → 0/100K
Property Crime Rate
-100%
491.8 → 0/100K
Property offenses lead Norwich's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs VT
Property Crime
0
0
1711
1664.8
Burglary
0
0
-
-
Larceny-Theft
0
0
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
0
0
352
225.3
Murder
0
0
-
-
Rape
0
0
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Aggravated Assault
0
0
-
-
Norwich Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Norwich property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Norwich Police Department
Reporting agency for Norwich NIBRS-participating
Norwich Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Norwich's 0 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Vermont
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Vermont cities closest to Norwich in population. Their populations run from 3,016 to 4,300, against 3,653 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Norwich reported 0 violent crimes and 0 property crimes, for a total of 0 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Norwich?
From 2023 to 2024, Norwich's violent crime rate decreased by 100%, and the property crime rate decreased by 100%.
Small-city read: Norwich is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Norwich, VT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.